Demand for nylon filaments to grow 1.7 CAGR

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Yarns and Fibres has published a new report titled, Nylon Chain Report: 2008. The 102-page report was first published in January 200 and is available from yarns and fibres at an unspecified price.

The publishers say, "The Report presents tabulation and graphical presentation of trends in demand and supply of nylon chain country-wise from 2003 to 2007 and projections upto 2013 for Nylon. Major investments and capacity shut down are captured also extensively. Processes description, end use and derivatives along with the latest producer-wise capacity are added feature of this report. In this report we have attempted to bring to the user global trade statistics on the further downstream segment like spun yarns, fabric, carpet, nylon films and tyre cord."

The add, "The US$1,000 million nylon industry - the first synthetic fibre produced ever, has been performing in a very sluggish manner in recent times. Nylon production has been hovering between 3.8-3.9 million tons since the past 5-6 years. Investments are severed in this industry which is facing serious competition from cheaper material of polyester and polypropylene. Research and development is limited to further improvement in the nylon performance with little effort to explore new usages. However, engineering nylons have been showing great potential for its usage in automobiles, aircrafts and engineering goods. Injection molding is another area explored recently."

ERJ has not seen this report and can make no comment on the quality of the research or of the conclusions.

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